Plan to make renewables cheaper than coal within 10 years
Solar power in India: Could renewables answer the world’s energy needs?Image: Bkwcreator via Wikimedia Commons By Alex Kirby Three weeks before the UN Secretary-General’s extraordinary meeting of...
View ArticleClimate action and economies can grow together
Working together: investing in renewables such as solar energy can spur economic activity Image: Alex Snyder/Wayne National Forest via Wikimedia Commons By Kieran Cooke A new global commission report...
View ArticleInvestor heavyweights call for clear action on climate
As a major UN climate summit gets under way in New York today, some of the world’s leading institutional investors demand clearer policies on climate change and the phasing out of fossil fuel...
View ArticleOutlook palls for fossil fuel investments
Warnings within the world of high finance are coming thick and fast that the increasingly urgent need to combat climate change means investors could lose heavily by sinking funds into coal, oil and...
View ArticleObama pledge gets dollars flowing into climate fund
Many developing countries are already suffering the impacts of climate change, but a special fund to help them adapt to a warming world has been bolstered by promises of billions of dollars from...
View ArticleKey role urged on central banks in climate fight
In the aftermath of the 2008/9 global financial crisis central banks around the world pumped billions of dollars into the monetary system to safeguard the world economy. Now they are being asked to do...
View ArticleGlobal finance must face up to climate challenge
Trillions of dollars need to be redirected into building low-carbon economies to avoid serious climate change, the UN warns. LONDON, 27 May, 2015 − The world’s financial system must undergo...
View ArticleApollo initiative asks for the moon in switch to renewables
Eminent group urges governments to make the massive research investment that would enable the world to move from fossil fuels to renewable energy by 2025. LONDON, 3 June, 2015 − The vision is simple,...
View ArticleAfrica’s advocates say fossil fuel subsidies must go
With more than 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa still lacking access to electricity, the continent is being urged to take a leading role in crucial climate negotiations. LONDON, 5 June, 2015 −...
View ArticleEuropean power is slipping away from King Coal
Analysis of falling demand for electricity within the EU sends a stark warning to investors in new coal plants that their assets could be left stranded. LONDON, 10 June, 2015 − Coal, the muscle that...
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